F.A. Cup Tickets

[amfy]

I left there at 8.15 because they opened early. The queue was just out if the door then. It started building up from about 8am in the end - up to then, only about 20 of us. Full team of ticket office staff on.

[jamesvilla]

I've just got ours. About 50 queuing but they opened the doors and started selling at 8:10am.

They were only selling blocks 533 and 534. It appears they've left these blocks free until now as they're selling from Row 1.

[Witton End]

I've just got ours. About 50 queuing but they opened the doors and started selling at 8:10am.

They were only selling blocks 533 and 534. It appears they've left these blocks free until now as they're selling from Row 1.

533 has been on sale all week 534 appeared today

[jamesvilla]

Fair enough. I made the presumption on being given Row 1 from that block. The only blocks they offered me were 533 and 534 as I asked for another one where other mates were sat, but told they were only two blocks available.

[Witton End]

but told they were only two blocks available.

that's strange as there were 6 blocks in yellow at 730 am today.

[silhillvilla]

I've been offered two 'club Wembley' tickets, £150 a pop mind. Anyone sat there before ? Worth paying the money ?

Waiting on a couple of normal tickets and keep hearing different stories regarding sales, one mate went down the office yest and told there's only a couple of thousand left, and another told there was 6k, so who knows!

Sat there for the manure final, problem was its mixed fans so limited atmosphere, it kicked off aswell once we went behind, too many emotions and alcohol involved.

[Eurochamps82]

Where can you see what blocks are available?  Does anyone have a link please?

[maidstonevillain]

Where can you see what blocks are available?  Does anyone have a link please?

I think you needed to have the correct privileges already, so you that you could get access to the ticket booking  page.  Not sure it will be available now internet purchases have stopped.

[DeKuip]

Is it just me or do folk feel Villa have really dragged the ticket sales out a bit? There'll still be tickets on sale come Thursday and Friday at this rate when there are fans champing at the bit waiting to but them and arrange travel etc.
Liverpool appear to have sold all there's online only in the space of three days, so is it that our online ticketing system isn't any good or what? How would we have coped had we needed a replay with the Albion?

I appreciate that as a season ticket holder I was able to buy mine quickly (I bought online) but do feel for those who are still in limbo and wondering whether or not they'll be able to get one less than a week before the game.

[Des Little]

I must say I was impressed when my Liverpool supporting mate got his ticket sorted on Saturday morning, online with no hassle...he hasn't even got a ST, but his membership put him in a draw.  Liverpool's entire allocation was sorted by Saturday night from what I gather.

[wozwebs]

Probably have more experience than us at the allocating of tickets etc. have drawn it out too long though.

[glasses]

I managed to get mine last week. Block 133. Sat on my own, but I should have a great view. I sat there for the League cup final and had a fantastic view of Michael Owen slotting the ball home. The Fecker!

[exigo]

Liverpool have more season ticket holders than us, which makes it easier. But we seemed to drag it out for an eternity with 'season ticket holders for 10+ seasons, with 4+ cup games and an original signed 1957 shirt etc'.

I'd be interested to see how many people qualified for the criteria every day. Some days it must have been in the low hundreds.

[PeterWithesShin]

We have drawn it out a bit, as exigo says, i'm not sure we needed quite so many ST criteria even if we did want to stagger the sales. After the ST holders I don't mind the criteria so much, we've tried to make sure that those who go to the most games get tickets which is fair enough.

[pauliewalnuts]

Liverpool's criteria list from highest to lowest priority:

Shell suit wearing scallies
Steve Gerrard
Anyone in the media who would like to make love to Steve Gerrard
Anyone who is related to Steve Gerrard
Anyone who has been punched by an irate Steve Gerrard
Ruddy faced, fat Irish blokes over for the day
Over excited Norwegians in jester hats
Vaguely frightened Japanese people in half and half scarves
Fat man-babies who still live with their parents, aged 40, in Liverpool themed bedrooms. In Croydon.
"Full kit wankers"
Anyone who was a main character in Brookside (Grant family, for example)
Anyone who was a medium frequency character in Brookside (Tommy McArdle)]
Anyone who was in Brookside for between 1 and 20 episodes (Petra, who Barry Grant had an affair with)
Anyone who overproduces saliva and therefore speaks like a Scouser
Anyone who finds John Bishop even remotely funny
Anyone who has a few stories about the Cavern Club back in the day (Cilla)